The 98th Academy Awards have crowned One battle after another like the big winner of the nightThe film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson gradually gained prominence throughout the ceremony, becoming the dominant name of the awards, which were marked by its overall success. The gala also featured musical numbers and some moments of protest, despite being rather tame and lacking in activism.

The pulse between One battle after another and The sinners The Oscars already have a winner. Paul Thomas Anderson's film about a deranged, paranoid, revolutionary ex-activist facing off against the fascist military officer who has kidnapped his daughter took home six statuettes: Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Casting, and Editing. The victory ofOne battle after another, which had 13 nominations, It is the triumph of great American cinema, the kind that draws from the auteur tradition of the 1970s and aspires to portray American society with an uncompromising gaze. But above all, it is Anderson's triumph, who, after thirty years of an extraordinary career, has established himself, alongside Quentin Tarantino, as the most consistent and ambitious director of the 1990s generation. He is, in fact, the first filmmaker from this group to achieve a resounding Oscar victory. An act of justice for the author of masterpieces overlooked by the Oscars, such as Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread either Licorice Pizza

Paul Thomas Anderson emerges stronger in the Oscar race after One battle after another It won four awards at the Golden Globes ceremony held this Sunday in Los Angeles. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognized Anderson's film with awards in four categories: comedy, director, screenplay, and supporting actress (Teyana Taylor). In the television series category, Adolescence It continues to garner awards and has won four Golden Globes, one for best miniseries and three in acting categories: actor in a miniseries (Stephen Graham), supporting actress (Erin Doherty), and supporting actor (Owen Cooper). The awards in Adolescence, along with those who have received The Pitt (best drama series) and The studio (comedy series), make the most relevant list of Golden Globe awards the same as the Emmys that took place in September.

Well no, Sirado It is not one of the films chosen by the ARA critics (María Adell Carmona, Gerard Casau, Eulalia Iglesias, Joan Pons, Paula Arantzazu Ruiz, Manu Yáñez Murillo and myself) to summarize the cinema of 2025. But if a second of cinema only fits 24 frames, this invitation to discover a magnificent harvest that could also have included films by Hong Sang-soo, Jafar Panahi, Ryan Coogler, Gerard Oms, Jia Zhang-Ke or Radu Jude.

Batting and smoking marijuana while nursing a terrible hangover. That's how Bob Ferguson, the crackpot activist played by Leonardo DiCaprio, learns he must flee because the demented soldier with whom he shares an unexpected romantic triangle is after his boss and his teenage daughter. It's not exactly the most opportune time to receive the call to arms of the revolution, but nothing is ideal in the landscape it paints. One battle after another, neither the father-son ties nor the coordination between the cells of a countercultural guerrilla whose members are too brain-broken to remember a password.

Who is the best director of the 21st century so far? According to the list published by the newspaper The New York Times, Christopher Nolan, at least because he is the most represented, with five titles, among the 100 best movies released since 2020 (the American newspaper considers that the 21st century begins in 2000 instead of 2001). The five Nolan films they have chosen occupy positions 28, 53, 62, 65 and 89. If the position in the ranking is prioritized, perhaps more valuable are the four films that appear by Paul Thomas Anderson (3, 25, 42 and 56), the brothers Ethan and Joel Coen (6, 36, 76 and 83) and Alfonso Cuarón (13, 18, 46 and 97). However, none of these filmmakers tops the list drawn up with the votes of more than 500 personalities from the film world. Number 1 goes to Parasites, by South Korean Bong Joon-ho, of whom there is another title in the ranking: Memories of Murder (Chronicle of a Serial Killer).